Fresh Chilled Eel (Freshwater) from Germany
Fresh or chilled whole freshwater eels (Anguilla spp., excluding Japanese unagi if specified elsewhere), under 0302.89.50.77 for other fresh/chilled fish excluding fillets of 0304.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.97, articles the product of a member state of the European Union, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Eels subject to CITES Appendix II for certain species; obtain export permits
• Preferred chilled in oxygenated water transport; document to prove not dead/frozen
• Avoid pitfall of size-based misclassification; juveniles may go to live fish